Riboku is like Buggy, lmao. Claiming shit as if it was all of his intentions...
To be fair, as far as Riboku is concerned then as long as he prevents the Qin forces from taking the city of Gyou then he has secured victory for that city is the lynchpin to deciding which side emerges victorious.
If Gyou does not fall then the Qin forces are trapped and will inevitably perish due to lack of supplies and endless Zhao reinforcements.
Another way of looking at Zhao’s losses at the Shukai Plains is that their biggest losses were either Generals that have been inactive for over a decade (i.e. Chougaryuu and Gyou’un) or not true Generals to begin with (i.e. Houken).
In terms of consistently active Generals, Zhao has only lost Gaku Ei, Kin Mou and Earl Kou when compared to Qin’s loss of Ma Kou.
While Qin may not have lost many Generals during the Battle of Shukai Plains, their best dualists in Ouhon, Shin, Kyoukai and Akou, are all temporarily out of commission which is a major hindrance when they are still this deep in enemy territory and do not know if any other battlefield has been won.
Strategically, Riboku is still in a decent position.